diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/common.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/common.ts
index 3e028349f1..5e3da47182 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/common.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/request/common.ts
@@ -16,48 +16,6 @@
 
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 
-/**
- * Takes a single unknown parameter and makes sure that it's a string that can
- * be parsed as an integer.
- */
-export function parseIntegerParam(
-  param: unknown,
-  ctx: string,
-): number | undefined {
-  if (param === undefined) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-
-  if (typeof param !== 'string') {
-    throw new InputError(`Invalid ${ctx}, not an integer on string form`);
-  }
-
-  const parsed = parseInt(param, 10);
-  if (!Number.isInteger(parsed) || String(parsed) !== param) {
-    throw new InputError(`Invalid ${ctx}, not an integer`);
-  }
-
-  return parsed;
-}
-
-/**
- * Takes a single unknown parameter and makes sure that it's a string.
- */
-export function parseStringParam(
-  param: unknown,
-  ctx: string,
-): string | undefined {
-  if (param === undefined) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-
-  if (typeof param !== 'string') {
-    throw new InputError(`Invalid ${ctx}, not a string`);
-  }
-
-  return param;
-}
-
 /**
  * Takes a single unknown parameter and makes sure that it's a single string or
  * an array of strings, and returns as an array.